Absolute Monarchy and Revolutions

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In order to westernize Russia, Peter the Great 

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Built St. Petersburg as the home port for his navy

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_________________________________, the leader of Parliament during the English Civil War, would abolish the monarchy and declare himself Lord Protector of England.

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Oliver Cromwell

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After years of Puritan rule, the English people would welcome Charles II, the Merry Monarch, back to England during a period known as the 

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Restoration

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The supporters of the King during the English Civil War were? (Options: roundheads, cavaliers, royalists, both b and c)

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both b and c

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James II was forced to leave England in 1688 when his wife gave him a Catholic heir to the throne. James left peacefully and William and Mary were invited to be the king and queen of England. This event has come to be known as

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The Glorious Revolution

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Which quotation did an absolute monarch most likely make?
Options: “The government that governs best governs least.”, “I am the state.”, “The government must be based on a sound constitution.”, “It is the parliament that must make the laws.”

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“I am the state.”

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Louis XIV was the absolute monarch of

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France

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Kings who ruled by divine right believed they were chose by 

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God

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Enlightenment thinker John Locke believed that all people had the natural rights of

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life, liberty, and property

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Elizabeth I was the Queen of

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England